117 Harding’s Heart designed for collaboration. After COVID, students frequently took advantage of communal areas in the library. From the rolling marker boards, therapy dogs and board game nights to First-Year Experience events, the Brackett provided opportunities to gather for a variety of reasons. The expansion of the library’s physical expansion did not end with the increased role of technology in the library. Plans to move the Harding School of Theology’s collection to the Brackett were put into place in 2024. The entire history of Harding’s libraries, from the Morrilton-to-Searcy relocation, as well as the journey from Godden to the Brackett and electronic expansions, shared a story of constant movement and change. Each improvement was made with the community in mind, and Harding’s librarians from 1924 to present day have answered the call to serve and remained dedicated no matter the circumstance– truly demonstrating the central role a library can play in collegiate settings. 1. The Beaumont Library 2. The Beaumont Library dedication ceremony. 3. Stacks of books in the Administration Auditorium during construction of The Brackett Library. 4. Stacks piled in the Administration Building during the relocation of the library. 5. A student flips through card catalogs in the Beaumont Library in the 1970s. 6. A student studies in the Beaumont Library. 7. Librarian Winnie Bell on the second floor of the Brackett library near the end of construction in the summer of 1989. 8. The new facade of the Brackett Library in the 1990s. 9. Former director Ann Cowan Dixon. The Ann Cowan Dixon Archives and Special Collections were named in her honor. 10. Current director Jean Waldrop. Photos courtesy of Brackett Library Archives, Jeff Montgomery and The Petit Jean 2014-2015 7 8 9 10
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